The University of Queensland Vital Signs Dataset

Parameter specifications

The format and contents of the Full Data files are described in the table shown below. The same data was used to generate the Trend Data, Waveform Plots, and Case Plots.

Columna	Excelb	Parameterc	Units	Exampled	Source	Type	Description
1	A	Time	hh:mm:ss_mil	01:23:53_230	-	Numerical	Timestamp that the row of data represents, where hh is hours, mm is minutes, ss is seconds, mil is milliseconds. All cases begin at time 00:00:00_000.
2	B	RelativeTimeMilliseconds	milliseconds	5033230	-	Numerical	Time parameter in milliseconds. For example, the timestamp 01:23:53_230 corresponds to 5033230 milliseconds. All cases begin at time 0 milliseconds.
3	C	Clock	hh:mm	13:54	-	Numerical	Clock time that was displayed on the monitor during data collection, where hh is hours in 24-hour format, and mm is minutes. Note: this clock time does not correspond to the Time/RelativeTimeMilliseconds parameters.
4	D	HR	bpm	72	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Heart rate derived from the ECG sensor.
5	E	ST-II	-	0.3	MP70, MP30	Numerical	ST segment index derived from the ECG sensor.
6	F	Pulse	bpm	80	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Pulse rate (heart rate) derived from pulse oximetry.
7	G	SpO2	%	100	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Blood oxygen saturation derived from pulse oximetry.
8	H	Perf	-	8.1	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Perfusion index derived from pulse oximetry.
9	I	etCO2	mm Hg	27	MP30	Numerical	End-tidal CO2 measured using sidestream capnography.
10	J	imCO2	mm Hg	0	MP30	Numerical	Inspired minimum CO2 measured using sidestream capnography.
11	K	awRR	breaths per minute	12	MP30	Numerical	Respiratory rate derived from capnography.
12	L	NBP (Sys)	mm Hg	139	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Systolic blood pressure measured with a non-invasive blood pressure cuff.
13	M	NBP (Dia)	mm Hg	88	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Diastolic blood pressure measured with a non-invasive blood pressure cuff.
14	N	NBP (Mean)	mm Hg	99	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Mean blood pressure measured with a non-invasive blood pressure cuff.
15	O	NBP (Pulse)	bpm	85	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Pulse (heart) rate measured using the non-invasive blood pressure cuff.
16	P	NBP (Time Remaining)	seconds	140	MP70, MP30	Numerical	Time remaining in seconds until the next non-invasive blood pressure sample is taken.
17	Q	ART (Sys)	mm Hg	134	MP70	Numerical	Instantaneous systolic blood pressure derived from the invasive arterial blood pressure.
18	R	ART (Dias)	mm Hg	78	MP70	Numerical	Instantaneous diastolic blood pressure derived from the invasive arterial blood pressure.
19	S	ART (Mean)	mm Hg	101	MP70	Numerical	Instantaneous mean blood pressure derived from the invasive arterial blood pressure.
20	T	etDES	%	5.75	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	End-tidal desflurane gas concentration measured from the airway.
21	U	inDES	%	6.50	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	Inspired desflurane gas concentration measured from the airway.
22	V	etISO	%	0.75	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	End-tidal isoflurane gas concentration measured from the airway.
23	W	inISO	%	1.75	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	Inspired isoflurane gas concentration measured from the airway.
24	X	etSEV	%	1.45	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	End-tidal sevoflurane gas concentration measured from the airway.
25	Y	inSEV	%	2.85	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	Inspired sevoflurane gas concentration measured from the airway.
26	Z	etN2O	%	0	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	End-tidal nitrous oxide gas concentration measured from the airway.
27	AA	inN2O	%	0	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	Inspired nitrous oxide gas concentration measured from the airway.
28	AB	MAC	%	0.8	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	Minimum alveolar concentration of the current anesthetic gas being used (desflurane/isoflurane/sevoflurane).
29	AC	etO2	%	45	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	End-tidal oxygen concentration measured from the airway.
30	AD	inO2	%	50	MP70 (AGM)	Numerical	Inspired oxygen concentration measured from the airway.
31	AE	Temp	° C	36.4	MP70	Numerical	Body temperature measured using nasal probe.
32	AF	BIS	[0, 100]	54	MP70 (BIS)	Numerical	Bispectral index (BIS) monitor value for depth of anaesthesia.
33	AG	SQI	%	54	MP70 (BIS)	Numerical	Signal quality index (SQI) for the BIS monitor.
34	AH	EMG	-	37	MP70 (BIS)	Numerical	Electromyography (EMG) indicator from the BIS monitor.
35	AI	Tidal Volume	mL	475	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Tidal volume of the previous breath measured by the ventilator.
36	AJ	Minute Volume	L	5.6	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Current minute volume measured by the ventilator.
37	AK	RR	breaths per minute	12	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Current respiratory rate measured by the ventilator.
38	AL	Set Tidal Volume	mL	500	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Target tidal volume programmed in the mechanical ventilator.
39	AM	Set RR	breaths per minute	12	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Target respiratory rate programmed in the ventilator.
40	AN	Set I:E ratio	1:eee.e	2.0	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Target Inspiration:Expiration ratio programmed in the ventilator. For example, a value of 2 represents an I:E ratio of 1:2.
41	AO	Set PEEP	cm H2O	4	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Target positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) programmed in the ventilator.
42	AP	Set PAWmax	cm H2O	40	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Target maximum airway pressure applied during positive-pressure ventilation programmed in the ventilator.
43	AQ	Set PAWmin	cm H2O	15	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Target minimum airway pressure applied during positive-pressure ventilation programmed in the ventilator.
44	AR	Set Mechanical Ventilation	null | 0 | 1	1	Aestiva/5	Numerical	Whether the anesthesia machine's ventilator is turned on (1), turned off (0), or the status is not available (null).
45	AS	Tidal Volume Exp (Spiro)	mL	510	MP70 (Spiro)	Numerical	Expired tidal volume measured using Y-piece spirometry.
46	AT	Tidal Volume In (Spiro)	mL	560	MP70 (Spiro)	Numerical	Inspired tidal volume measured using Y-piece spirometry.
47	AU	Minute Volume Exp (Spiro)	L	5.1	MP70 (Spiro)	Numerical	Expired minute volume measured using Y-piece spirometry.
48	AV	Minute Volume In (Spiro)	L	5.7	MP70 (Spiro)	Numerical	Inspired minute volume measured using Y-piece spirometry.
49	AW	Lung Compliance (Spiro)	L / cm H2O	63	MP70 (Spiro)	Numerical	Lung compliance measured using spirometry.
50	AX	Airway Resistance (Spiro)	cm H2O / L s-1	15	MP70 (Spiro)	Numerical	Airway resistance measured using spirometry.
51	AY	Max Inspiratory Pressure (Spiro)	cm H2O	10	MP70 (Spiro)	Numerical	Maximum pressure measured during the inspiratory cycle using spirometry.
52	AZ	ECG	mV	1.13500	MP70, MP30	Waveform	Instantaneous data sample for the ECG waveform.
53	BA	Pleth	[0, 1]	0.67179	MP70, MP30	Waveform	Instantaneous data sample for the pulse oximeter's photoplethsymograph waveform.
54	BB	CO2	mm Hg	15.1	MP30	Waveform	Instaneous data sample for the arterial blood pressure waveform.
55	BC	ART	mm Hg	117.3125	MP70	Waveform	Instaneous data sample for CO2 waveform measured using sidestream capnography.
56	BD	EEG	-	21.01649	MP70 (BIS)	Waveform	Instaneous data sample for the EEG waveform measured with the bispectral index (BIS) monitor.
57	BE	AWP	cm H2O	2.66648	Aestiva/5	Waveform	Instantaneous data sample for the airway pressure measured with the ventilator. Positive values represent higher pressure in the patient's airway; negative values represent higher pressure in the ventilator.
58	BF	AWF	L/s	4.92267	Aestiva/5	Waveform	Instantaneous data sample for the airway flow measured with the ventilator. Positive values represent flow towards the patient; negative values represent flow towards the ventilator.
59	BG	AWV	mL	400.2	Aestiva/5	Waveform	Instantaneous data sample for the inspired volume since the start of breath measured with the ventilator. Consecutively increasing values represent inspiration; decreasing values represent expiration.
60	BH	AWP-Spiro	cm H2O	2.84	MP70 (Spiro)	Waveform	Instantaneous data sample for the airway pressure measured with Y-piece spirometry. Positive values represent higher pressure in the patient's airway; negative values represent higher pressure in the ventilator.
61	BI	AWF-Spiro	L/s	21.52	MP70 (Spiro)	Waveform	Instantaneous data sample for the airway flow measured with Y-piece spirometry. Positive values represent flow towards the patient; negative values represent flow towards the ventilator.
62	BJ	AWV-Spiro	mL	550.6	MP70 (Spiro)	Waveform	Instantaneous data sample for the inspired volume since the start of breath measured with Y-piece spirometry. Consecutively increasing values represent inspiration; decreasing values represent expiration.
63	BK	Num Patient Alarms	-	2	MP70	Numerical	Number of patient alarms (relating to the patient's physiological status) currently active.
64	BL	Num Technical Alarms	-	1	MP70	Numerical	Number of technical alarms (relating to the operation of sensors) currently active.
65+	BM+	Alarms	Alarm1, Alarm2, Alarm3, ...	-	MP70	Text	Comma-separated list of alarm messages currently active, with patient alarms first followed by technical alarms. The total number of alarms is given by Num Patient Alarms + Num Technical Alarms.

^a The column number can be used with UNIX command line tools, for example cut -d , -f 4 uq_vsd_case01_fulldata_??.csv will retrieve all of the heart rate values from Case 1 (which are stored in Column 4).
^b The alphabetical column identifier assigned when a Full Data .csv file is imported into Microsoft Excel.
^c The column names are stored in the first row of each .csv Full Data file.
^d Examples provided are in the format of the actual values in the .csv data files, e.g. the number of decimal places provided.

Example Data

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